$114.25
Both codes cover destruction of eligible benign lesions; choose 17111 for 15 or more lesions and 17110 for 14 or fewer.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
17111 Lesion destruction Medicare reimbursement rates in Rhode Island
Reports destruction of 15 or more eligible benign skin lesions, such as common warts or seborrheic keratoses, in one treatment session. Compare 17111 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Rhode Island.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 17111 in Rhode Island?
Rhode Island has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$133.40
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Rhode Island
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$75.43
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Rhode Island
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Dermatology procedure
About 17111: Destruction of 15 or More Benign Lesions
Reports destruction of 15 or more eligible benign skin lesions, such as common warts or seborrheic keratoses, in one treatment session.
This service covers destruction of 15 or more benign skin lesions in a treatment session, using methods such as cryotherapy, electrosurgery, chemical treatment, laser, or curettage. Dermatologists, primary care clinicians, and other qualified practitioners commonly treat lesions such as common warts and seborrheic keratoses in office settings. Skin tags and cutaneous vascular proliferative lesions are outside this code’s lesion group.
Select this code when the total number of eligible lesions treated reaches 15; for 14 or fewer, consider 17110. Document the lesion count, clinical findings, locations, and treatment performed. Medicare assigns a 10-day global period, so related postoperative visits during that period are included. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service, and co-surgeon and team-surgery reporting are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 17111
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 10-day global period: related postoperative visits for 10 days are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.95 · 24%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.86 · 74%
- Malpractice RVU0.08 · 2%
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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
17111 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Rhode Island, from the same CMS release.
$349.65
Use 17106 for cutaneous vascular proliferative lesions, with code selection based on treated area. Code 17111 is for eligible benign lesions counted by number.
$94.48
Use 11200 for removal of skin tags. Skin tags do not count toward the 15-lesion threshold for 17111.
$68.10
Use 17000 for destruction of a premalignant lesion such as an actinic keratosis, not for the benign-lesion count reported with 17111.
Compare 17111 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
1 of 1 payment localities
Rhode Island →
Office / nonfacility
$133.40
Facility
$75.43
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 17111 in Rhode Island.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
1,626
- Code
- 17111
- Physician work
- 0.95
- Practice expense
- 2.86
- Malpractice
- 0.08
GPCI2026.csv
92
- Locality
- Rhode Island
- Physician work
- 1.019
- Practice expense
- 1.033
- Malpractice
- 0.892
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.95 | × 1.019 | 0.9680 |
| Practice expense | 2.86 | × 1.033 | 2.9544 |
| Malpractice | 0.08 | × 0.892 | 0.0714 |
| Total RVUs | 3.9938 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Rhode Island$133.40
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.95 | 1.019 |
| Practice expense | 2.86 | 1.033 |
| Malpractice | 0.08 | 0.892 |
(0.95 × 1.019 + 2.86 × 1.033 + 0.08 × 0.892) × $33.4009 = $133.40
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.95 | 1.019 |
| Practice expense | 1.18 | 1.033 |
| Malpractice | 0.08 | 0.892 |
(0.95 × 1.019 + 1.18 × 1.033 + 0.08 × 0.892) × $33.4009 = $75.43
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
17111 billing questions
When should I report 17111 instead of 17110?
Use 17111 when 15 or more eligible benign lesions are destroyed in the session. Use 17110 for 14 or fewer.
Do skin tags count toward the lesion total?
No. Skin tags are excluded from this code’s lesion group and are reported with the applicable skin-tag removal code.
Should I report one unit for each lesion?
No. The code is selected by the total number of eligible lesions treated in the session: 15 or more, rather than one unit per lesion.
Can I append modifier 50?
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this code.
Are related postoperative visits separately payable during the global period?
Related postoperative visits during the 10-day global period are included in the procedure.
How does Medicare handle another procedure performed in the same session?
Under the standard multiple-procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are paid at 50% when performed in the same session.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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9214412,RI,01,RHODE ISLAND,1.019,1.033,0.892
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